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So,
The story goes like this:
Went to fit a new rad today but plumb centre gave me a double panel instead of a single and because I was in a rush I didn't clock this error. I just stuck it in the van and went to the property.
Anyway, drained the system, put on shiny new valves and hung the rad to find out that the tails are 20mm out to the pipes. So I bend myself 2 20mm offsets (first time by sight and spot on might I add, quite proud of that!) and look at the pipe and it's screaming at me "solder me and I'll swear I'll leak!".
I know I can put some heat on the paint and scour it off with some wire wool. But is it really alright to solder???? Would a compression coupling be better??
I didn't finish the pipework in the end as it got late and the tenant needed to go out. But I'm going back on wednesday to finish it off.
So I'm asking for a few tips regarding soldering old pipe to new, or if compression couplings would be better?
Cheers
The story goes like this:
Went to fit a new rad today but plumb centre gave me a double panel instead of a single and because I was in a rush I didn't clock this error. I just stuck it in the van and went to the property.
Anyway, drained the system, put on shiny new valves and hung the rad to find out that the tails are 20mm out to the pipes. So I bend myself 2 20mm offsets (first time by sight and spot on might I add, quite proud of that!) and look at the pipe and it's screaming at me "solder me and I'll swear I'll leak!".
I know I can put some heat on the paint and scour it off with some wire wool. But is it really alright to solder???? Would a compression coupling be better??
I didn't finish the pipework in the end as it got late and the tenant needed to go out. But I'm going back on wednesday to finish it off.
So I'm asking for a few tips regarding soldering old pipe to new, or if compression couplings would be better?
Cheers